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A study of the unfolding of the inhibited subtilisin in guanidine hydrochloride. 1975

C C Contaxis, and P A McBride-Warren, and R M Epand

Inhibited subtilisin (Subtilism Carlsberg; Subtilopeptidase A) is unfolded in the presence of 7 M guanidine hydrochloride. The unfolding reaches a maximum in approximately 6 min at 20C at pH 8.0. This is demonstrated by an increase of the mean residue ellipticity at 222 nm from -8.02 x 10-3 to -1.72 x 10-3 deg. cm-2/decimole. The unfolding is partially reversible and this reversibility is favoured by lower concentrations of enzyme. The fact that the refolding process is not complete may be attributed to either the demonstrated self association of the denatured enzyme or to interference of non-covalently bound autolysis peptides.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010664	Phenylmethylsulfonyl Fluoride	An enzyme inhibitor that inactivates IRC-50 arvin, subtilisin, and the fatty acid synthetase complex.	Benzenemethanesulfonyl Fluoride,Phenylmethanesulfonyl Fluoride,Fluoride, Benzenemethanesulfonyl,Fluoride, Phenylmethanesulfonyl,Fluoride, Phenylmethylsulfonyl
D011487	Protein Conformation	The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain).	Conformation, Protein,Conformations, Protein,Protein Conformations
D002850	Chromatography, Gel	Chromatography on non-ionic gels without regard to the mechanism of solute discrimination.	Chromatography, Exclusion,Chromatography, Gel Permeation,Chromatography, Molecular Sieve,Gel Filtration,Gel Filtration Chromatography,Chromatography, Size Exclusion,Exclusion Chromatography,Gel Chromatography,Gel Permeation Chromatography,Molecular Sieve Chromatography,Chromatography, Gel Filtration,Exclusion Chromatography, Size,Filtration Chromatography, Gel,Filtration, Gel,Sieve Chromatography, Molecular,Size Exclusion Chromatography
D002942	Circular Dichroism	A change from planar to elliptic polarization when an initially plane-polarized light wave traverses an optically active medium. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)	Circular Dichroism, Vibrational,Dichroism, Circular,Vibrational Circular Dichroism
D006146	Guanidines	A family of iminourea derivatives. The parent compound has been isolated from mushrooms, corn germ, rice hulls, mussels, earthworms, and turnip juice. Derivatives may have antiviral and antifungal properties.
D006863	Hydrogen-Ion Concentration	The normality of a solution with respect to HYDROGEN ions; H+. It is related to acidity measurements in most cases by pH	pH,Concentration, Hydrogen-Ion,Concentrations, Hydrogen-Ion,Hydrogen Ion Concentration,Hydrogen-Ion Concentrations
D013381	Subtilisins	A family of SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES isolated from Bacillus subtilis. EC 3.4.21.-	Alcalase,AprA-Subtilisin,Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Serine Protease,Bacillus subtilis Alkaline Proteinase,Carlsberg Subtilisin,Maxatase,Nagarse,Novo Alcalase,Profezim,Protease VII,Subtilisin 72,Subtilisin A,Subtilisin BPN',Subtilisin Carlsberg,Subtilisin DY,Subtilisin E,Subtilisin GX,Subtilisin Novo,Subtilopeptidase A,Alcalase, Novo,AprA Subtilisin,Subtilisin, Carlsberg
D013696	Temperature	The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms.	Temperatures
D013997	Time Factors	Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations.	Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor